Almost every metric used to track the spread of Covid-19 for South Africa is showing a downward trend, while cases still increase at significant rate.Gauteng, the province which has contributed by far the highest number of cases to the national total, is showing a marked decline in cases reported daily.While testing has declined, the number…
Judge Patrick Jaji. (Patrick Jaji, Facebook) An Eastern Cape high court judge has died days after testing positive for Covid-19.Judge Patrick Jaji died on Sunday. Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge said the effects of the pandemic had now reached the doorstep of the judiciary. Eastern Cape High Court Judge Patrick Jaji has died of Covid-19, the…
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The number of coronavirus cases in Oregon reached a new second-highest daily number Saturday with 277 cases, just one day after it was set at 250. Another death from coronavirus has been reported, as well.Multnomah County saw the highest increase of any county with 59 cases. Umatilla County had the second-highest increase with 56. Washington…
By Emery Glover | June 5, 2020 at 5:24 PM EDT - Updated June 5 at 5:24 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 447 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 13 additional deaths. This is the second time cases in South Carolina…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two